? electrical short problem

I tried to use the tape cassette and it just makes a tick tick noise. I now cannot play the radio or the cd. I just get a ticking noise from the tape area. I can see the tape deck moving back and forth. Now when I press the power button, the power shuts off in about 10 seconds or less and the ticking continues until I pull out the electrical plug. Nothing is working. Any suggestions? There seems to be an electrical short that shuts of everything except the ticking noise from the tape area.Thanks, Marlene

DNME has identified the problem...Here's how to fix it.Remove the covers as described above.#Remove the front panel:- 4 screws in the base and two holding the CD mechanism to the front panel. Carefully release the two metal latches holding the front panel to the base-plate. With a marker pen mark the 3 ribbon cables and unplug. Remove screw and plate holding 'phones socket and remove.FIX:- The problem is the two motor belts, surface become dry and lost grip, stretched with age and slack.Unplug the tape head flexi-pcbs from the tape PCB and remove the screws to take the pcb away from the tape player section.Remove the screws holding the motor chassis and carefully observe how the two belts are routed around the various pulleys.I tried to get replacements but obsolete.Dave's trick of the trade. Having noted how the belts are routed (and which one goes where).remove from the machine.Clean the belts with IsoPropanol (ISPA) or (even better) cellulose thinners by pulling them through a cloth soaked in the solvent.Next get a soup bowl and add one spot of washing up liquid. Drop the belts in the bowl.Pour boiling water over the belts and this will relax them back to their old shape. After 20 seconds chill with cold water.Refit to machine and reassemble.Works every time.Hope this helps someoneDave (the consultant) Bullock M.B.E.

I had the same problem and fixed it. It's simple: Open the case by removing the 6 screw on the outline back of the system and the 2 black ones on each sides. For me, it was the right tape who were problematic, so I started the player to see what gear was turning badly. The problem is: that gear don't have enough power to complete his action, so give it an additional (but not to much) power with your hand to complete his action and the system must succeed the action and stop running.

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The player has to seize the cassette as it is inserted and seat it in the correct position to be played. Sometimes the manual eject linkage becomes defective or misadjusted, preventing the cassette from seating correctly. The eject button may depress fully without causing ejection or it may depress but not cause ejection.

actually you can not lubicate the cassette players. it has to do with a belt inside. your players may need to be demagnitized. i would go to radio shack or electronic store and try a cassette cleaner/demagnitizer and see if that solves the problem. i would even try different batteries or a ac power adapter if you have the plug. some batteries make units run slow. i would even get a can of dust cleaner that you find in the electronics section. you spray it in and it cleans the inside of the dust that may be inside.

Then I unscrewed the bottom panel of the radio.Unscrew the brass screws holding in the cassette player portion of the radio.Now flip the cassette player over to see your tape, etc.When I pressed the eject button, I noticed a little motor with a worm gear would move a a gear which moved several other gears until it eventually moved a black gear which has a little post that moves the metal arm which moves back when pushing in a tape and moves forward when ejecting a tape. But I would get a clicking sound which seemed to be due to one gear trying to move a stuck gear.
I forgot the exact details of how I managed to get the tape out, but when I did get it out I noticed when I turned on the radio, it would act like it was trying to play a tape. But when it found out it couldn't, it would try to eject but would fail once again with the gear clicking sound.I think I tried moving the black post on the black gear that moves the arm that pushes the tape out. Eventually I got to the point where the arm was pushed forward like it should be when a tape is ejected. At that point I was able to insert and eject a tape without any problems.

There is an outside chance your tape cassett has a static charge. Tape in plastic case of cassette can build up significant electrical static which can partially discharge as tape is run. It can sound like random thumps, ticks, pops ect. Wrap cassette in a damp (not dripping wet) cloth, for several hours, then try again. This can also happen to the reels and drive rollers of the deck